Chennai Express has collected Rs 212.65 crores in its first 18 days at the box office (including paid previews). The film is the highest grosser in the history of Indian Cinema, and has gone past 3 Idiots by around 5%.
India celebrates Krishna Janmastami tomorrow, so business is expected to touch around 3-4 crores on Wednesday. The film should end its 3rd week with total collections of around 218-219 crore. The Shahrukh Khan – Deepika Padukone starrer will end its record-smashing theatrical run with lifetime business of Rs 225 crore.
For films like Krrish 3, Dhoom 3 and even Besharam, Chennai Express will be the film to beat this year. Both in India and the overseas markets where the action-comedy has grossed 110 crores. The worldwide gross now stands at 386 crores, just short of the 3 Idiots record of 392 crores. It remains to be seen if the film can cross the 400 crore mark.
Chennai Express First Week Collections and Records
- Paid Previews – 6.75 crore (broke the record by a huge margin)
- Friday – 33.12 crore (highest single day and first day)
- Saturday – 28.06 crore (15% drop) (highest second day and Saturday)
- Sunday – 32.50 crore (16% growth) (highest third day and Sunday)
- Monday – 12.62 crore (61% drop) (second highest non-holiday Monday)
- Tuesday – 11.50 crore (9% drop) (second highest non-holiday Tuesday)
- Wednesday – 12.56 crore (9% growth) (highest non-holiday Wednesday)
- Thursday – 19.6 crore (55% growth) (second highest Independence day collections)
- First Week – 156.71 crore (record Week 1)
Chennai Express Second Week Collections
- 2nd Friday - 6.48 crore
- 2nd Saturday – 8.51 crore
- 2nd Sunday – 10.22 crore
- 2nd Monday – 3.80 crore
- 2nd Tuesday – 7.06 crore
- 2nd Wednesday – 4.51 crore
- 2nd Thursday – 3.25 crore
- Second Week Total – 43.83 crore
Chennai Express Third Week Collections
- 3rd Friday – 2.12 crore
- 3rd Saturday – 3.61 crore
- 3rd Sunday – 4.75 crore
- 3rd Monday – 1.63 crore
- Third Week Total (4 days) – 12.11 crore
Total Collection in India – 212.65 crore
Verdict: ALL TIME BLOCKBUSTER
3 Idiots had almost 2 months free run without competition
Chennai express had clashed with 2 films and going to clash again with 3rd film
3 idiots inflation adjusted : 270 crs
Chennai express : 225 crs and lost 25 crs due to clash
That means there isn’t much difference between 3 idiots and Chennai express lifetime collection
@romance new year, bro then as per boi ghajini and dabangg were as big hits as hahk, gadar and 3 idiots. That’s why they declared ghajini and dabangg as atbb? Totally ridiculous by boi. Ok i agree that ce is not as big hit as hahk, gadar or 3 idiots, but it is surely a bigger hit than ghajini and dabangg. On that basis then these two also don’t deserve atbb.
@Aki ce records are safe before kick.
Ravi sikarwar if inflation is taken into account then salman’s hum ap k hain kaun leads the indian box office. .. not 3 idiots!
Go and check box office india list of all time grossers adjusted list….
@Dark BOY he is going nuts thinking how can SRK do such a thing, I think he is 2009 born cos only these 3 years SRK was not at no 1 which v acknowledge due to change in genre i.e masala films stsrted working wonders at BO den to srk gave perfomances like MNIK agree RA.ONE was not up to d mark den to its worldwide collections are more den 200cr n now SRK has just touched Masala genre and he has desrtroyed every records. So dondu just chill n enjoy and records r meant to b broken now who is breaking that’s future for d mean time u 2rspeople I mean srk haters chill… loll
Nice Article. Chennai Express kinds gives a hope to others that reaching 200cr is not impossible which they where thinking from last 4 years. Its teach u that with Good Marketing & Super Star Power u can beat easily. Yes i mean it easily. 70 days ka record 15 days main achieve kia hai to its realy easily. Its not like that suspence will it cross or not, that was sure after 3 days that CE will cross 200cr mark easily and that happend in a same way easily.
But @indicine u said K-3, D-3 & Besharam will cross CE in domestic and overseas boxoffice. Really is it that easy? Will mass centers accept K-3 & D-3 easily? will overseas accept K-3 & D-3 in a big way? As they watched Hollywood stuff in a better way. And i m sure K-3 & D-3 will have lots of similarities and adaptation from previous Hollywood stuff.
Boi website is fraud…it was down for two days during the release of ce. Srk is the king of bollywood n noone can stop him no matter what the anti srk websites publishes. A poor website who has no proper technical staff how can we say they r the genuine website. According to boi ek tha tiger collected 186 n not 198 and yeh jawani hai dewaani collected 178 n not 192 crores.
1st of let me tell you srk fans one thing dont ever try to compare cult classic movie like 3idiots with trash masala chennai express 2nd thing that yes i accept with u guys that 3idiots grossed 202 cr in 70 days and ce did it in 15 days so but the fact remain that 3idiot was showing in cinemas for 70 days continuously and ppl watched it more than 2 or 3 times and what kind of craze it no other movie never had but ce will have 30 days BO maximum so think if 3idiots would have been release in 2013 with 3000 plus screens eid holiday and aamir khans monstrous marketing and 70 days run at box office how much it would have been earn 400 cr in india and 200 cr overseas 600 cr verdict out of the world blockbuster
@dark B O Y.. So u think CE hasnt worked!!?? 212 cr+ and counting.. Most likely 400cr+ wrldwide.. Almost every record shattered.. No doubt 3I was a better movie bt as i said earlier u cant compare CE n 3I.. Entirely diff genres.. If u wanna cmpare den do it wid dbng1n2 ready bdydrd ett ghajini etc.. It is evident who wins d race.. N free ticket is a strategy which im sure many more will use now.. Mayb sttategies like a t-shirt free with 5 tkts n smthn lyk dat will come frwd.. N dont forget to get the third u will hv to buy 2 tkts first.. I dont think ne1 will b foolish enough to spend rs 400 if they do not want to in order to get a rs 200 tkt free!! Cmon bro..
@INDICINE
CE worldwide gross collections 390 crores & not 386 crores.
What are the footfalls? The thing that matters the most.
Also, its not about how much days a movie takes to break a record. Three idiots beat Ghajini’s record in less than two weeks, and then it just kept going and going, in the end it set an (at that time) unfathomable record of 200+ crores.
Which is not something CE has done. CE barely broke a four year old record. It was released at a time when the ticket prices are higher and at far more screens. 3 idiots was a MUCH bigger hit than CE. CE does not even come close.
The net domestic collection of CE is Rs. 212 crores till 26/08/13 (third monday) as per 3 websites including indicine; Rs. 207 crore as per another website. But there is one website, which says that the net domestic collections of CE is Rs. 195 crore.
First 4 websites say, that CE crossed 200 crore mark on 14 or 16 day, but last one says that the movie has yet to cross the 200 crore mark. Kindly clarify, which one is correct!
Just for the record, 3 idiots sustained better than CE in the third week.
i cant believe why still boi didnt put chennai express in top 10 chart till now after more than 2 weeks
i smell burning of jelousy
boi anti srk site
Don’t beleive in Boi
it’s a corrupted site….
Chennai Express collection is already 18 cr. Less than official
It is favore of Salman , Aamir
Ett – 199 cr. (boi 186 cr.) difference 13 cr in 5 weeks of run
3I – 202cr. (boi 202 cr.) no difference
YJHD – 188 cr.(boi 178cr. ) difference 10 cr. In 5 weeks of run
JTHJ – 122 cr.(boi 101cr.) 21cr. Difference only 2 weeks
CE- 212* cr.(boi 194* cr.) 18 cr. Difference only in 2 weeks
this is boi… I will add that taalash and dabangg has almost no difference….
Hence they always wants to down srk,ranbir
#Dark Boy
has salman have guts to score two 100 crore in overseas?
Salman copying south movies , taking biggest nmbers of screen, taking holidays, 4 weeks free run but failed to cross 200 cr.
In overseas
CE – 71 cr. In 1st week
ETT – 59 cr. In lifetime
so don’t compare Salman with srk
where is salman before 2010?
We don’t mind if Boi says ce is BB but they need to clarify on what basis gajini nd dabaang r atbb. There is no doubt ce is not big hit as HAHK, Gadar or Ddlj or even 3 idiots. But y they r comparing with those movies which were r premultiplex era. Y they r hiding dabang and gajini. Infact gajinis second week collection was almost equal to rabne bana di’s second week collection. And rabne’ 4th week collection is better than gajinis fourth week collection despite gajini was fresher movie. It’s only bcos gajini got 6 weeks free run to which help movie to pass 100 cr. if u observes closely boi is reporting with weak hearted of ce collection. They r using word like v good, excellent instead of historical, jaggaruant, record breaking etc.
zanjeer hero ram charan was a good dancer his telugu movie “MAGADEERA” is best in india
Before ce got released..many people tld ki it may work in india(dey tld max it vil beat lifetime of ready)..but there is no chance of it collecting more dan 60crs in overseas,as masala movies dnt perform well der.
But its king khan’s movie..and see,it collected more dan 100crs.
India mai masala chalta hai..if u release a movie vit national holiday and two open weeks vit any big actor,den de movie vil cross 150+..but overseas mai srk ka raaj chalta hai.
And dis movie is collecting so much though it had clash after 1 week,and dnt forget ki ouatimd screens wer more dan 2500+ from friday.u tell ki akki got cheated and he dint get screens..pehle jo screens mile hai unko hi bharne do..jyaada rakh kar kya karega..
dont underestimate the power of a bad film!!!
where was srk before CE???
@hritik come on baby argu with me. Ok cant avoid u more. If u mentioned duplicate, paheli, asoka & guddu then dont forget the long list of Love, Suryavanshi, Ek Ladka Ek Ladki, Jaagruti, Nishchaiy, Chandra Mukhi, Dil Tera Aashiq, Chaand Kaa Tukdaa, Sangdil Sanam, Majhdhaar, Khamoshi: The Musical, Auzaar, Bandhan, Jaanam Samjha Karo, Hello Brother, Hum Saath-Saath Hain, Chal Mere Bhai, Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye, Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge, Yeh Hai Jalwa, Garv: Pride and Honour, Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa, Lucky: No Time for Love, Kyon Ki, Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar, Jaan-E-Mann, Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love, Marigold: An Adventure in India, God Tussi Great Ho, Heroes, Yuvvraaj, Main Aurr Mrs Khanna, London Dreams & Veer where was Super Star Power of Salman during that long crap list of movies?????????? If u want Aamir’s bio data or Akki’s i will satisfy u dont worry come on answer my question.
BOI are not using words such as historical and juggernaut, because those words are not correct to use in CE’s case. Once again, it barely beat a four year old record. 3 idiots nearly doubled a one year old record.
Which is more historical? 3 idiots sustained well into its fifth and sixth week, CE is about to fizzle out in its third week, much like ETT.
great..ce
So much attention has been given to the tussle between the makers of OUATIM Dobaara! and Chennai Express that Shahrukh Khan himself has decided to clear the air.
In an interview , the actor has gone on record to say that he has nothing personal with anybody and the day for Chennai Express was shifted by a day because Eid also got shifted. He further says that their film had a booking in advance and they wanted it to run for seven days, post which they would share screen space.
He also clarified the clash between the two films saying that it was nothing personal and it’s all about business which should be done with all goodness.
Indicine can u tell me wat will be the satellite rights of the film with the present collections ??
3Idiots- Year 2009 – 1800
screens-Ticket Price- Around 150
Chennai Express- Year2013- 3800
screens-
Ticket Price – 300.
In 2009- 1$ = around INRs 45 and
In 2013-1$ = INRs 64
And People Say CE beats 3 Idiots
At The
Box-Office.
Chennai Express mus watch romantic comedy action drama a nice clean movie for family will watch again on holiday…srk fans keep going express par break nahi hai……watch again with reduced rates at multiplex…i wanna 100 likes on this comment from srk fans so thumbs up plz……
ticket khareed k baith ja seat pe nikal na jaayen kahi chennai express……ready 4 happy new year n don 3 wirh srk……thumbs up plz.
srk fans change ur display pic with chennai express picture in mark of appreciarion and keep it running.